Plato's Allegory Of The Cave

According to Socrates the human nature is to be ignorant because in the text of Allegory of the Cave it states, “in the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all and is seen only with effort”. (35) This excerpt explains that the humans would rather sit in comfort and not make the effort to gain more knowledge than what they have; which puts them in the chains of ignorance. The Allegory has many types and shadows of reality within its text giving readers room to interpret, inside its parameters of thought. Both the Novel and the Allegory can also be interpreted as a warning for this modern

Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” examines the quest, responsibility, and cost of intellectual enlightenment. The story is of a man, being held prisoner since birth, being freed and learning that his perception of reality was inaccurate. He shared his discovery, which was met with contention and anger from the people in his society when he tried to relieve them of their ignorance. The group were all born prisoners in a cave where they could not see behind them, and only could hear the echoes, and see the shadows cast of people and items moving behind them. One day, the man was released and was forced to embark out of the dwelling to see that it was actual people and inanimate objects being reflected in front of them. After having difficulty

The process of apprehending true knowledge is a task unfit for those who cannot overcome the concepts that the truth is associated with. This task of discovering knowledge tests an individual and their dedication to the process. However, this process is grueling and does not always yield the expected or desired result. According to philosophers, such as Socrates and Plato, humans are born with innate knowledge that becomes accessible through reasoning and life experiences. Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave describes of a group of people, in a cave, that have been shielded from society for their entire lives and were given an alternate and limited education. One man is forced out of the cave and into the light of the real world, where he

In the Allegory of the Cave Plato argues for enlightenment, but he also presents why choosing enlightenment can be dangerous and painful. The people who live in the cave believe that what they see is reality. Plato explains, that when a person is taken out of the cave that they will be "pained and irritated." Normally when some one is in pain they try and stop the pain in any way they no how whatever the cost is. The sun in this case is the source of the pain.

Plato uses the conversation between Socrates and Glaucon in “the Allegory of the Cave” to explain the process of getting knowledge is. The allegory presented a prisoner who was shackled in a cave and was forced to see only the shadows that were shown to him. Then Socrates presented a possibility of that prisoner breaking free and slowly finds the light source. At first he saw the fire and his eyes already hurts, and he raged at the person who dragged him outside of the cave. However, with some effort and time on his own, he was able to look at the sun.

One without knowledge can only conform to a leader or the majority’s will. A man from a cave, who has experienced the taste of enlightenment, would never return to his former dwelling with the same ideals he left behind. Plato meticulously introduced this idea in his allegory comparing the enlightenment o knowledge to a man, who found light after only recognizing darkness since birth. Despite the pain light can induce to eyes adjusted to the pitch black cave, the man was happier in the light than in the dark. Knowledge can aid in overcoming pain to find ecstasy. Knowledge would then develop into wisdom that can educate future generations of one’s own thoughts and culture. Knowledge and wisdom are inevitable assets to

The cave allegory also proves that the role of education is not to teach in the sense of feeding people information they do not have, but rather to shed light on things they already know. Education "isn't the craft of putting sight into the soul. Education takes for granted that sight is there but that it isn't turned the right way or looking where it ought to look, and it tries to redirect it properly." (2)

Imagine having carried on with your life on a premise or start of a truth - be it in science, religion, society, logic, ethic or even politic - then discovering one day that all that you ever trusted in wasn't right, totally and completely untrue. Would you have the ability to acknowledge it? Would you have the ability to change your mindset? It is without a doubt an upsetting scene, however, that is essentially what is received in the "Allegory of the Cave" found in Plato's Republic.

Conversely, Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" describes the ascent from ignorance to knowledge, as one prisoner is freed to make his

At first the prisoner who was released was doubting but with the time everything was making more sense to him and while he explored more his mind started to open and give him more knowledge on the real world outside the cave. When he went back into the cave other prisoners did not believed what he was saying and threatened to kill him if he tried to set them free. In order for someone to acquire knowledge they would have to go outside the cave and experience with their own eyes. They would also have to convince themselves that in order to get the concept of something you have to think about it and not only observe it giving it a name like “book” which refers to something that any of them has ever seen

Upon first exiting the cave we are blinded by the brightest of light, though we cannot recognize its origin, we know that it charts our course. Slowly we begin to notice at first little variations of light, mostly little color changes, as if we could not have possibly have taken it in all at once. This is the first realization of education; past truths are either put into perspective or proven false. Either way our mind is finally opening up to the ideas and images that have evaded us for so long. The ability to reason is building within us and we start to question all things past we knew to be true. The eyes start to see even more now and the pain has subsided. We are ravenous and cannot seem to get enough of our surroundings. The strangest thing starts to happen, it seems that the more knowledge we acquire the more questions that present themselves. The same could be said for education in two different ways. First, the more knowledge that we acquire, the more ability we seem to have for the future acquisition of knowledge. Its as if we are not limited by the container we use to store this information, on the contrary, we now have discovered that its depths are limitless. Secondly, the more knowledge we acquire, the more confidence we seem to find in regards to taking on bigger challenges and tasks.

In the cave allegory, people are chained inside a cave and their knowledge is limited to only what they can see: the images of shadows casted by statues. But once a philosopher enters, the prisoners are released from the shackles, exposed to the light, and they themselves become philosophers. But the process does not stop there; the new philosophers adopt altruism, going back to the cave to free the other prisoners

When Jesus walked the Earth, he multiplied himself by his disciples, also many progressive leaders would share their knowledge to enlighten the rest of the population. When pursuing knowledge, the effects could range from success, to positive life changes, or even greater intelligence. Of all the things that could unfold, "The Allegory of the Cave" and "The Parable of the Seed" suggest that the effect of the pursuit of knowledge emerges a multiplication of the knowledge. First, The Allegory of the Cave by Plato gives a story that indicates the effect of pursuing knowledge being a sense of duty to enlighten others.

Through my claims-making activity, I was given the opportunity to partake in a project concerning one of the most pressing social problems facing our society: sexual assault and domestic abuse. As a part of my behavioral claim, I chose to volunteer with the nationwide organization RAINN (the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network); however, due to certain inconveniences I was not able to complete the training. In the following paragraph, I will explain the volunteering application process, and my solution towards the roadblock that came with not being able to volunteer with RAINN.

When I was younger, I always found myself with a pencil and paper in my hand. I would leave a multitude of marks on the paper in some form or fashion, whether it be scribbles, repetitive words and sentences, my name, or the names of family members. Growing older, I would find myself writing more than enough when it came to essays. I could never bring myself to leave out any details and I rarely used simple sentences. Originally, I thought it was because I wanted the validation of my parents and teachers, but it was something else I had yet to realize. I liked writing and it hit me one day when I was in my room, listening to music.